I am one of them.
They are supposed to be fast runners too, and a good deal of the tackling comes to their lot, for a good runner of the other side can often get past the quarters, and then the halves have got to bring him down.

Behind the half-backs is a single man--the back.

He is the last resource when all others are past.

He should be a sure and long kicker, so as to get the ball away from the goal by that means--but you are not listening." "Oh yes, I am," said Kate.

As a matter of fact the great throng and the novel sights were distracting her so much that she found it hard to attend to her companion's disquisition.
"You'll understand it quickly enough when you see it," the student remarked cheerily.